In wards 7/8 (and 5) 30-50% of the population mobile throughout the school year (low income). Some schools like Cluster in Ward 6 that also experience churn. Higher percentage of churn in HS than in MS/ES.

Most mobility from out of state to in state and from charter to DCPS

Task force: What are strategies to reduce mobility

By right charter schools as proposed solution. Proposed by DME, not task force and is being supported by the DME

The Public Charter School Board did not support the proposal because it would reduce choice for families.

Other policy ideas:

Since schools impacted by this have a high degree of churn, what if there were a central way to have kids transition via central office and schools have to reserve a percentage of slots for those kids

Ed council reps: project churn at school level, set the high churn schools up w/ transition academies to get students transitioned into regular classrooms.

Currently, no data about why students are moving

ACTION: one of the ward education councils will author a letter supporting policies (not by right)